(-)-Epichlorohydrin

C3H5ClOCAS 51594-55-992.52 g/mol

ClO
Alkyl halideEpoxideEther

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H5ClO
Molar mass
92.52 g/mol
Exact mass
92.0029 Da
Boiling point
118 °C
logP
0.62Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
12.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1
Stereocentres
Rin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI, index 603-166-00-8), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P262, P264, P270, P271, P272, P280, P301+P316, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P318, P321, P330, P333+P317, P361+P364, P362+P364, P363, P370+P378, P403+P233, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
51594-55-9
SMILES
ClC[C@H]1CO1
InChIKey
BRLQWZUYTZBJKN-VKHMYHEASA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H5ClO/c4-1-3-2-5-3/h3H,1-2H2/t3-/m0/s1
Characterization data

Calculated from the structure, in the form journals print them.

[M + H]+
[M + H]+ Calcd for C3H6ClO 93.0102
[M + Na]+
[M + Na]+ Calcd for C3H5ClNaO 114.9921
[M − H]−
[M − H]− Calcd for C3H4ClO 90.9956
Elemental analysis
Anal. Calcd for C3H5ClO: C, 38.95; H, 5.45.

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Oxirane, 2-(chloromethyl)-, (2R)-
  • Oxirane, (chloromethyl)-, (R)-
  • Oxirane, (chloromethyl)-, (2R)-
  • (2R)-2-(Chloromethyl)oxirane
  • (R)-Epichlorohydrin
  • (R)-1-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane
  • (R)-(Chloromethyl)oxirane
  • (R)-(-)-Epichlorohydrin
  • (R)-2-(Chloromethyl)oxirane
  • (-)-2-(Chloromethyl)oxirane
  • (R)-3-Chloro-1,2-epoxypropane
  • (R)-(-)-2-(Chloromethyl)oxirane

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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